Washing-machine



(No Mndel.)

J. M. TANNER.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 325,457. Patented Sept. 1,1885.

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JAMES MADISON TANNER, OF HERRICK, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,457, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed May 16, 1884. (No model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. TANNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Herrick, in the county of Shelby and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful \Vashing-Machine, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to washing-niachines; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a washing-machine embodying my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the oscillating rubber detached. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the removable stationary rubber detached from the box, and Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the rectangular frame or stand upon which the suds-box B rests and from which it is removable. The corner posts of the frame A extend above the side rails and end rails of the frame, and the projecting ends of the suds-box B rest on the end rails of the franie,between the projecting ends of the corner-posts, as shown.

The vertical side walls C, of the suds-box B are of wood, and they are connected at their upper edges,near their ends,with wooden end strips, D D, one of which, D, is provided on its inner face with a button, E. The bottom F of the suds-box is of zinc, and is concave, as shown. At the end nearest the strip D the zinc bottom F extends up and is bent up vertically and secured to the projecting ends of the wooden sides C, to form a soap-box, G. The stationary but removable rubber or washboard H is constructed of slats I, recessed in each end, as shown at J, to receive a flat wooden strip, K, which holds the slats togcther and makes a flexible wash-board or rubbergvhich conforms to the shape of the concave zinc bottom when in its place in the ElldS-bOX. One end of this rubber H abuts against the under face of the wooden strip D, and the other end is heldin place by the button E on the strip D. The frame A is provided at the middle of the side rails, A, with standards L L, having vertical open mouth slots M. These slots L L are lined with metal and form the bearings for the I journals of the oscillating rubber N.

The oscillating rubber N consists of aseries of four or more semicircular wooden plates, 0, having their are edges escalloped, and they are secured upon wooden rods P, passed transversely through lateral holes in said plates 0, in a manner to leave spaces between the vertical plates 0. Vertical arms Q Q are secured to the outer faces of the two outer wooden plates, 0 O, by screws passed through the vertical arms into said plates and sunk in holes in the arms Q Q, which are then plugged with wooden plugs to keep the screws from rusting the clothes. The upper ends of the vertical arms Q Q are perforated laterally at B, to receive the transverse rod S,which forms the handle for the oscillating rubber N, and turns in the perforations B, when operated, to render the work easier on the hands than if the rod were left rigid in its bearings. Below the perforations R there, are a series of perforations, T, in each 1 vertical arm Q Q, for the purpose of securing the angularly-bent spring-arms U U to the arms Q, Q, adj ustably, by means of bolts V. The springarms U U are provided at the lower ends with the journals \V XV, which rest in the vertical openmouth slots M. To adjust the rubber N to work easy the bolts V should occupy the lower pairs of perforations T, as the operator obtains greater leverage by this adjustment. The adjustments may be made to suit-the op erator and the quantity and kind of clothes to be washed.

The oscillating rubber (if in the sudsbox) should be removed and the water poured into the sudsbox, the clothes placed in, and the oscillating rubber replaced. Then by pushing the handle backward and drawing it forward the clothes in the suds-box will be rubbed over the stationary wash-board by the oscillating rubber in a manner similar to rubbing by hand on the old style of wash-board, and the dirt will be quickly and easily removed from the clothes.

The water is drawn off through a dischargeopening, X, in one side of the suds-box near the bottom, or the suds box may be lifted from the frame A and emptied after the manner of an ordinary tub, if desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination, with the frame having slotted standards L, of the suds-box, the rubber H, and the oscillating rubber N, having vertical arms, and the springarms U, provided with journals at their lower ends, said spring-arms being adjustably secured to the vertical arms of the oscillating rubber, substantially as described.

2. The combinatiomwith the wooden plates 0, semicircular in form and having escalloped arcs connected, so as to have spaces between JAMES MADISON TANNEB.

Witnesses:

ELZA OLIVER KING, HENRY OTUS KING. 

